Television Evangelist Falwell Dies at 73
By SUE LINDSEYThe Associated Press
Tuesday, May 15, 2007; 2:21 PM
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.
Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive late Tuesday morning and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later. more
No matter what your opinion of Falwell is you have to admit he changed the political landscape of America.
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